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School: Derryham

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Derryhum, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 030

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 030

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  1. Marriage Customs (continued)

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  2. The Food of Olden Times

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    The food of olden times
    Long ago when people would get up out of bed they would eat nothing only to go out to work and they would work away until the cook of the house would call them into their breakfast and they would go in and they would get a noggin of buttermilk and a pot of porridge which was freshly boiled in the morning. Then they would go out to their work again and work away until the cook would call them into dinner and they would go in and get their fill of buttermilk and potatoes and when the milk would be scarce
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